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Moving Video from Oklahoma State-Church Partnership to Find Kids Homes
As described in a previous post, the State of Oklahoma and many Oklahoma churches are partnering in an ambitious new effort to bring the number of waiting children in the...
Article Spotlights Foster Youth “Aging Out”
An article on Monday articulately addressed, The "Aging Out" Dilemma Plaguing the Foster Care System. Although perhaps missing some of the most important potential solutions, Author Bill Baccaglini does a...
Interviews from Summit VII Air this Week on Family Life Today
The unforgettable interviews done live on stage by Dennis Rainey and Bob Lepine at Summit VII are being aired on Family Life this week! The interviewed with Carolyn Twietmeyer ran...
Oklahoma Pursues the Faith Community in Serious Foster Care Drive
It’s great to see innovative state and county governments increasingly partner with churches in caring for foster youth. Although church-state rules require clear partnership guidelines, there’s a growing recognition that...
Insider Perspective on Key Foster Care Issues
Our friends at Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s (CCAI) this week released a few report carrying recommendations on addressing a range of hotly-debated issues surrounding the U.S. foster system, including...
Finding Families for Foster Youth Saves Government Significantly
Often, it takes hard work to prove what you know intuitively. Such efforts, however, can be vital in demonstrating in black-and-white the difference that common sense solutions can make. Such...